Demyan Korotchenko

Demyan (Demian) Serhiyovych Korotchenko (29 November 1894 7 April 1969) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who twice served as the head of government of the Ukrainian SSR (the equivalent of today's Prime Minister).

Demyan Korotchenko
Дем'ян Коротченко
6th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
4 March 1947  15 January 1954
Preceded byNikita Khrushchev
Succeeded byNikifor Kalchenko
In office
21 February 1938  6 August 1939
Preceded byMykola Marchak
Succeeded byLeonid Korniyets
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
15 January 1954  7 April 1969
Preceded byMykhailo Hrechukha
Succeeded byOleksandr Lyashko
Full member of the 19th Presidium
In office
16 October 1952  6 March 1953
Candidate member of the 20th Presidium
In office
29 June 1957  17 October 1961
Personal details
Born(1894-11-29)29 November 1894
Pohribky, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died7 April 1969(1969-04-07) (aged 74)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1969)
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